tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post4449602486979960108..comments2023-09-16T05:56:01.927-07:00Comments on Create / Enjoy: Extreme changes, and big improvements about diet and healthAdventures in Dressmakinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00276208940528297433noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-1599982982379342692014-01-27T14:45:46.560-08:002014-01-27T14:45:46.560-08:00Hi Suzannah! I just found your blog via last year&...Hi Suzannah! I just found your blog via last year's PFW style collective post, I myself am a PDX blogger and I love design/fashion/sewing and so far I love your blog! <br /><br /><br />I'm also really excited to see these posts about food and eating Paleo-ish. I've been researching this new way of eating the last few months and, although it seems crazy to a lot of people (like I've seen in the comments below) it makes SO much sense. There is a lot of research out there that isn't government funded (like it was with the FDA, China Study, etc..) that shows this way of eating really works and is most natural for what our bodies want. <br /><br /><br />Sometimes I can't get over the ignorance of the people who continue to spew whatever information they've been fed their whole lives (again with some of the comments you received) -- before bashing grassfed butter and meats, get your facts straight! Haha! I guess it's their loss then, we can reap the benefits of eating whole, real foods, and plenty of good FAT that are bodies are desperately in need of. <br /><br /><br />Anyway! Loved this post and I'm excited to keep following your blog! :)<br /><br /><br />-Kayla<br />www.astateofstylishgrace.comAdventures in Dressmakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276208940528297433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-65791243787846149732013-08-10T20:35:39.170-07:002013-08-10T20:35:39.170-07:00Wow, what an amazing story! I totally know what yo...Wow, what an amazing story! I totally know what you mean about joint pain and constant hunger with veganism. It's so cool that you've been doing a Bulletproof and Paleo diet, too, and are seeing such wonderful results! I feel like this is how my body is meant to be, too!Adventures in Dressmakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276208940528297433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-66633215773330769962013-08-10T20:34:29.876-07:002013-08-10T20:34:29.876-07:00It's true, it is a pretty big change in some w...It's true, it is a pretty big change in some ways--but in others, the diets are very similar! Both are focused on whole foods/no processed foods, and lots of high quality vegetables. I see what you mean about questioning who I listen to, but I'm pretty jaded these days and take everything with a grain of salt! It's very cool to find a diet that makes me feel awesome and hear it makes other people feel that way, too. Thanks for your comment and critical thinking!Adventures in Dressmakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276208940528297433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-6118460154320782552013-08-09T14:09:38.598-07:002013-08-09T14:09:38.598-07:00I totally understand your skepticism. Like the au...I totally understand your skepticism. Like the author, I went a long time without meat (my whole life, actually). I ate lots of "healthy whole grains," and by all the old standards a mostly generally ok-to-healthy diet. I never ate a lot of junk food, I ate fruits and vegetables every day. But the basis of my diet was grains, which was how my mother was taught to eat as a vegetarian in the 1970s when books like Diet for a Small Planet were so popular. Now she's 63, has spent her entire life since giving up meat between 50 and 100 pounds overweight, and she can't walk. By age 30, I felt like I was dying. My joints were already shot, I had ballooned up in my late 20s to over 200 pounds, and I was hungry ALL THE TIME. I tried veganism for a while. Oh.my.god. I was starving and miserable all the time. I just couldn't eat enough fruits and vegetables and quinoa to keep me going. I juiced. I found it a little helpful, but nothing dramatic. Then I found Bulletproof an Paleo an Wheat Belly. I gave up wheat and lost seven pounds without even thinking about it. I've lost twenty to date (about six weeks) and I feel like I've lost a lot more than that. I'm not hungry anymore. My joints don't hurt anymore. I don't have IBS and acid reflux anymore. I can sleep for the first time in my life. You can be skeptical if you want, but the only way to know anything about the validity of nutritional advice is to actually follow it. THAT is the science of nutrition. If others have found something that works well for them, why waste your life trolling blogs to criticize them? P.S. My profession is also in research, and I have taught critical thinking at college level. Cynicism and critical thinking are not the same thing. EX the China Study: The research questions were limited and the variables were incalculable. The types of meat people ate, the other things eaten in conjunction with them, etc. Critical thinking would lead a person to re-visit the study with new controls and see, for instance, how a large population who ate a diet grain-fed, hormone-treated meat along with grain-based carbohydrates compared with a population whose diet consisted of healthy fats, grass-fed meats, and vegetable-based carbohydrates, and then compare THOSE to vegan or vegetarian diets. Without controlling for more variables than the China study could have possibly controlled, the experiment carries little empirical weight. The internet actually provides a much more solid basis for evidence, not through individual anecdotes, but through the compilation of massive numbers of anecdotes, given freely and without particular bias. I think we will find very interesting data coming out of these nutritional conversations in the future.Adventures in Dressmakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276208940528297433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-20924154285437170842013-08-07T06:30:58.209-07:002013-08-07T06:30:58.209-07:00I'm glad that you are happy with your diet cha...I'm glad that you are happy with your diet change. BUT stuff like this really annoys me....its all about diets whether its restricting calories or just what you eat! Why are people always so concerned with extremes....you've gone from a raw vegan diet to one where you put BUTTER in your coffee....seriously!!<br /><br /><br />I get that grassfed meat and animal products are always going to be healthier.....to me a better point of view would be to worry about eating real food in general.<br /><br /><br />Re the China Study--- questioning a study on thousands of people based on some anecdotes in a magazine, blog or podcast seems severely flawed. And yes you mentioned that some of the information you've come across is from researchers and doctors. I'm a researcher....I could spin any sort of BS I wanted, even if I know nothing about it and because I have a Ph.D I'd have a 50/50 chance of people believing me simply because of that.Look at the numbers in any study they need to be in the hundred/thousand anything less than that tells you nothing. Do the people who tell you all this stuff make money from it? Most researchers make nothing from the research they do..other than a pretty bad salary lol!<br /> If you have a healthy varied diet (vegan or not) you should not need to resort to extremes to get take in enough fat or any other macronutrient.<br />I'm not trying to be mean or anything. Good on you if you really feel like your diet is based on solid scientific evidence. I just want to offer an alternative viewpoint.Adventures in Dressmakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276208940528297433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-37912951713331436592013-03-18T04:45:17.977-07:002013-03-18T04:45:17.977-07:00Oh my goodness! Incredible article dude! Thank you...Oh my goodness! Incredible article dude! Thank you, However I am experiencing issues with your RSS.<br />I don't understand why I cannot subscribe to it. Is there anybody having identical RSS problems? Anybody who knows the solution can you kindly respond? 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People might look at me weird if I did it in public, though...Adventures in Dressmakinghttp://adventuresindressmaking.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-50853344600319183162013-03-13T17:07:34.217-07:002013-03-13T17:07:34.217-07:00It's awesome, and great to have all that meat ...It's awesome, and great to have all that meat available to thaw whenever! We can fit 1/4 cow in our regular fridge freezer. You might be surprised at what yours can fit!Adventures in Dressmakinghttp://adventuresindressmaking.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-33950915890695155392013-03-13T17:07:12.501-07:002013-03-13T17:07:12.501-07:00Thanks!! Yeah, I was influenced by the China Study...Thanks!! Yeah, I was influenced by the China Study too, but it's been widely discredited since it was published. Don't worry about it anymore. There's a lot more research pointing the other way!Adventures in Dressmakinghttp://adventuresindressmaking.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-35073011331820695232013-03-13T17:06:51.641-07:002013-03-13T17:06:51.641-07:00Awesome, thanks! I've heard of the Whole 30 bu...Awesome, thanks! I've heard of the Whole 30 but didn't know where it originated!Adventures in Dressmakinghttp://adventuresindressmaking.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-10231493108503447492013-03-13T17:05:25.321-07:002013-03-13T17:05:25.321-07:00Haha, yep... I'm funny with my snacks... but h...Haha, yep... 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I looove coconut milk, especially made at home from a sweet young coconut meat and water!Adventures in Dressmakinghttp://adventuresindressmaking.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-39355118489672485632013-03-13T17:03:54.253-07:002013-03-13T17:03:54.253-07:00Meat grossed me out, too, for years; that's wh...Meat grossed me out, too, for years; that's why I stopped eating it and never missed it once. I just got really excited to try this totally new diet and felt inspired by how good it would probably make me feel. The desire to do whatever is "healthiest" took over! (based on what I had most recently learned was healthiest!) <br /><br />As for bread, when I stopped eating it 3 years ago when I became raw vegan, I just replaced it with other things--new recipes, collard green wraps, homemade nut crackers, or just lots of salads, etc. I stopped craving it after only like a week. Wheat is addictive that way--check out Wheat Belly if you're not convinced!Adventures in Dressmakinghttp://adventuresindressmaking.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757733747822094075.post-77687636106156666372013-03-12T08:22:30.402-07:002013-03-12T08:22:30.402-07:00Thanks! Luckily I never really felt pressure to ea...Thanks! Luckily I never really felt pressure to eat meat, and had no interest in doing it until I checked out this community of Paleo and alternative, grain-free, high-fat, moderate-protein diets. 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